50 Word "Mini-Sagas"
Brian
(Finally!) Reading Daniel Pink's "Whole New Mind."
Genius.
Big Ideas coming soon but wanted to capture the exercises I just did at the end of his chapter on the importance of "story" in the emerging conceptual age.
He has you write 50 word (no more, no less!) "mini-sagas" to hone your story-telling abilities. His examples in the book are genius.
Here's what I wrote this morning:
(Again, remember the rule of the exercise: 50 words. no more. no less :)
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On the Journey
Sitting, writing in a chair in Pune having fleed from the chaos of Mumbai in search of tranquility to read, to think, to create that we hope the beaches of Thailand will afford. Dreams dance in his head--a year in a beautiful land, two hundred books in his hand.
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On Love
10 days of meditation, clarity on a life decision, engaged to be married, he sets off on the next journey of his life. His future wife, the embodiment of all that he adores: laughter, openness, warmth, joy, wisdom, love, so much (yum!) sexiness...and she reads 6 hours a day!
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On Sabbitacal
I read 200 books, optimize my life, meditate daily, while creating 100 Notes, a life worth living, a business worth building and abundant love. All on the beaches of a far away land away from the noise of fast internet connections, blackberries ringing, and habits so deeply ingrained. Pinch me.
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daniel pink
August 2008 
SEXY!!!!! :)
Reading this blog, thinking about being in Thailand by the time tomorrow's new moon is full, …my wife entered the room to say goodnight. Today is her birthday. I feel as compelled to reach out to each of you here as I do to go join her. These go together.
Didn't use 50 words. I used 50 definitions.
For details: www.suicidedictionary.com.
Congrats Brian!
She sheds her shoes to brush God with the weakness of her feet. She crouches like a grithman, hugging holy stones by the swelled belly of the moon, breathing like the scrape of leaves. Below, the ocean sleeps with a secret hunger for pale fish who have found their peace.
well done
ok. here are my 50 words:
i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian. i pinch you now, Brian.
~C
c4: PINCH!
ixvix: thank you.
balder: beautiful.
Paul: NICE! I love your work. great to see you here.
jikishin: beautiful. and happy belated b-day to your wife!
Alexandra: muah.
wow - what a great idea! I just wanted to comment here - i see others' giving their 50 words, maybe I'll add mine later - I like the I pinch you now brian….lol!Seriously though, I can see how this can be a great exercise in discipline and helping an individual hone in more precisely on one's goals, dreams and values, etc….
On Bon Voyage
wish you Brian and your soulmate more than 50 days of paradise, bliss and more sexiness, happy trip to the sultry world of Thailand, land of jasmine, beauty, white sand, oh so pristine! leave home the books, read each other instead! simple pleasures. You are pinched!
Terry: :) it is a really cool tool.
Lisa Lisa: LOVE it!! I'm running out of the internet cafe or I'd get a 50-worder reply for ya. Can we read books and each other, tho? :) There's nothing sexier than reading next to your love for hours a day and interspersing that with lessons learned and other such pleasures. :)
I'm off!
Searching for a brand new mind and finding a book about it in this post from my friend Brian. Starting to read Klein's book “Open to the Unknown”. Six hours of reading today would be heaven!
Cheers!
Love that your loving danial pink…be sure to link to him on linkedin …via me if desired, it will give him a wonderous smile, asured.
The coppery smell of blood hung in the air within the narrow, blighted birth-chamber. “Not salvageable,” was my father's judgment carelessly declared over the dying body of his newlywed wife–some thirty years his junior–on the occasion of my emergence into this world of pain.
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